of its kind in Southeast and Central Europe.
The microscope is intended for the recording of tridimensional features on the nanometre scale.
President Mesic commended the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports for securing one million euros for the purchase of the instrument.
Svetozar Music, head of the institute's department for the chemistry of materials, said the new microscope would be used in fundamental and applied sciences, including medicine, food and metal processing industries, the cosmetics industry, etc.